Mina Aqua

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049655
MRDS ID MX02772
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Aqua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.23383, 27.06697 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.23383, 27.06697

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Almoloya District / Jimenez Area

Comments on development

  • SMALL OPERATION ONLY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND TONS OF ORE. ; ECON.COM: SENT CONCENTRATES TO SMELTER IN TORREON, COAHUILA AND CHIHUAHUA CITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    AGUIRE, S, 1923, LA MINA JULIETA, ALLENDE, CHIHUAHUA: BOLETIN MINERO., V. 15, JANUARY ISSUE, P. 458-465.

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, J., 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND MINING COMPANIES, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR IN CHIHUAHUA, 349 P.

  • Deposit

    VILLAFANA, A., 1914, CRIADEROS MINERALES EN LA SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: LA NATURALEZA, 3A SERIE, V. 1, NO. 5, P. 168-170.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956A, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO- MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA CONGRESSO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL XXX, MEXICO, 280 P., 1 PLATE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BONZALER REYNA, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS OF FAULTS
Deposit MINOR IMPORTANT OCCURRENCE COMPARED TO OTHERS IN THE SIERRA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.